Tea party movement

What do you think of its prospect in being a serious contender to the republican party?

The tea party movement is just a bunch of right-wing radical idiots trying to make themselves feel better about their idocy.  Look at the "militias" cropping up right and right.  Radical right-wingers feel like if they're named after a Revolutionary event, then they're justified in their stupidity.  Lol the Democrats actually launched a Coffee party in retaliation.